How do you change the background when you're logged into the hotel (noob friendly) step by step if possible thanks!

[Beast92]

When you log into and enter the beta hotel you'll come into here (see screenshot) how do you change this background. I'm a total noob in this so a step by step how to change this would really be appreciated.

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[Johno]

Well depending on the emulator you are using it can be set in the database or the external variables file

 

[Beast92]

Well depending on the emulator you are using it can be set in the database or the external variables file

Thank you for replying. I'm using nitro, cosmic, dbeaver. Do I find it in the database(which table?) or than in the external variables (which line?)

 

[Object]

its in ui-config.json

 

[Beast92]

its in ui-config.json

the parts referencing reception

Who would've thought that. Man thanks alot!

Post automatically merged: Feb 19, 2022

its in ui-config.json

Okay, I just edited the png of the building to make it a red color in paint, saved it to test if it works but nothing changed? Do I need to recompile or something?

 

[Bran]

Who would've thought that. Man thanks alot!

Post automatically merged: Feb 19, 2022

Okay, I just edited the png of the building to make it a red color in paint, saved it to test if it works but nothing changed? Do I need to recompile or something?

clear your cache and reload

 

[WhiteTuxGroom]

Who would've thought that. Man thanks alot!

Post automatically merged: Feb 19, 2022

Okay, I just edited the png of the building to make it a red color in paint, saved it to test if it works but nothing changed? Do I need to recompile or something?

Like the above just said. If you're using Cosmic CMS and alter anything, make sure to go into housekeeping, in the top right click where is says "Welcome, %username%" and a drop down box will show. Click "Clear Cache".

 

[stux]

It's indeed in the ui-config.json.

Also an easy way, right click the background image you want to replace, open in new tab and checkout the directory and filename in the URL bar.

Name your new background the same way and replace it in the folder you see in the bar ;-)

 

[Beast92]

Like the above just said. If you're using Cosmic CMS and alter anything, make sure to go into housekeeping, in the top right click where is says "Welcome, %username%" and a drop down box will show. Click "Clear Cache".

I was clearing the cache in chrome the entire time. Thanks for your great advice.

Post automatically merged: Feb 20, 2022

It's indeed in the ui-config.json.

Also an easy way, right click the background image you want to replace, open in new tab and checkout the directory and filename in the URL bar.

Name your new background the same way and replace it in the folder you see in the bar ;-)

Hey thanks for this! Gonna try it out.

 

[stux]

I was clearing the cache in chrome the entire time. Thanks for your great advice.

Post automatically merged: Feb 20, 2022

Hey thanks for this! Gonna try it out.

Maybe even better..

Yesterday I've worked hard on an animated hotelview like in the good old days! You can download all files here:

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The PSD's are there so you can create your own hotel name! Just export the .png's in like an animation serie, upload them to an online GIF creator and tada

 

[Beast92]

Like the above just said. If you're using Cosmic CMS and alter anything, make sure to go into housekeeping, in the top right click where is says "Welcome, %username%" and a drop down box will show. Click "Clear Cache".

I did exactly this but the background didn't update..

 

[stux]

I did exactly this but the background didn't update..

To be sure, open a new private tab or better a different browser

 

[Beast92]

To be sure, open a new private tab or better a different browser

Thanks, I did this but still the background images didn't update? The ONLY solution I found is recompiling nitro by going into cmd and typing
cd C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Cosmic\public\client\html5\nitro-client
yarn build-prod

But it takes like 2 minutes everytime for this so that's why I want to know how you guys do it with the ''clear cache'' method. It doesn't seem to work for me.

 

[stux]

Thanks, I did this but still the background images didn't update? The ONLY solution I found is recompiling nitro by going into cmd and typing
cd C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Cosmic\public\client\html5\nitro-client
yarn build-prod

But it takes like 2 minutes everytime for this so that's why I want to know how you guys do it with the ''clear cache'' method. It doesn't seem to work for me.

Are you sure it matches the right file in the UI config? See the section for the backgrounds (eg US-left.png etc) these files are often in the /images/reception/ directory.

Recompiling is no problem, but only "useful" when you make changes to the client. All it does is compile all raw files into smaller stuff into /dist/ (distribution)

 

[Beast92]

Are you sure it matches the right file in the UI config? See the section for the backgrounds (eg US-left.png etc) these files are often in the /images/reception/ directory.

Recompiling is no problem, but only "useful" when you make changes to the client. All it does is compile all raw files into smaller stuff into /dist/ (distribution)

Yes I'm 100% sure because the images do change in the hotel view when I recompile after editing the UI.config. So I don't know why that's the only way for me to update the hotel view.
What I do is: edit the images in ''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Cosmic\public\client\html5\nitro-assets\images\reception''
Then in UI.config at the section for backgrounds I only change the name of the png file. Also at the end of the name I add .png then I save the UI.config.
Then I clear cache. and close my browser and open it again and enter the hotel. And nothing changed..nothing got updated. What am I doing wrong here?

 

[stux]

Yes I'm 100% sure because the images do change in the hotel view when I recompile after editing the UI.config. So I don't know why that's the only way for me to update the hotel view.
What I do is: edit the images in ''C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Cosmic\public\client\html5\nitro-assets\images\reception''
Then in UI.config at the section for backgrounds I only change the name of the png file. Also at the end of the name I add .png then I save the UI.config.
Then I clear cache. and close my browser and open it again and enter the hotel. And nothing changed..nothing got updated. What am I doing wrong here?

Good! To be sure, open your hotelview. Right-click one of the changed background images, open in a new tab and refresh the tab! That way it should always load the "latest version" of that file. Apart from the client

 

[Beast92]

Good! To be sure, open your hotelview. Right-click one of the changed background images, open in a new tab and refresh the tab! That way it should always load the "latest version" of that file. Apart from the client

I don't see the ''option open in a new tab when I right click on the image on my browser.

 

[stux]

I don't see the ''option open in a new tab when I right click on the image on my browser.

No worries, open up the "Developers Console" in your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Brave) and use the "Inspect" tool top and select the background image. It should present an URL on the "code" side

 

[Beast92]

No worries, open up the "Developers Console" in your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Brave) and use the "Inspect" tool top and select the background image. It should present an URL on the "code" side

I can't find this option can you show me a screenshot..

 

[JayC]

I can't find this option can you show me a screenshot..

Make sure you are editing the UI config in the dist folder of the built nitro files as well as the source. If you only change source, that is why you are rebuilding.